phraseology

[ frey-zee-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language:

   legal phraseology.

2. expressions; phrases:

   obscure phraseology.

phraseology

/ ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ; ˌfreɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the manner in which words or phrases are used
2. a set of phrases used by a particular group of people

Derived Forms

• phraseological, adjective
• ˌphraseoˈlogically, adverb

Other Words From

• phra·se·o·log·i·cal [frey-zee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], phrase·o·logic adjective
• phrase·o·logi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of phraseology¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from New Latin phraseologia (erroneously for unattested Greek phrasiología ), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525–95); phrase, -o-, -logy

Synonym Study

See diction.

Example Sentences

This letter indirectly points out two long-standing radical errors in engineering phraseology.

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Like a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.

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Scotch shrewdness expresses itself in a phraseology all its own, and of which Donald alone possesses the secret.

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Several claims may be made, but they should not be varying phraseology for the same thing.

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I am allowed to receive all mail sent, "of moral contents," in the phraseology of the rules.

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